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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
X sues the World Federation of Advertisers, GARM, and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever over what Linda Yaccarino calls an “illegal boycott” — Members include major tech companies, advertisers, agencies, ad tech firms and advertising coalitions.
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Threads: @crumbler, @mac_ryan_, @taylorlorenz, @reckless1280, @mac_ryan_, @kalihays1, @crumbler, @daveleebbg, @hunterwalk, @carnage4life, @martinsfp, @kalihays1, @enjoyingeveryminute, @drewharwell, @mattrichardson, @moskov, @karaswisher, @karaswisher, and @kalihays1
Mastodon: @chrisgeidner@journa.host, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @metacurity@infosec.exchange, @MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, @dmoren@zeppelin.flights, and @ianb@mastodon.well.com
X: @lindayax, @lindayax, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @rumblevideo, @elonmusk, @catthekin, @scottderrickson, @baekdal, @bobbyallyn, @fmanjoo, @toptickcrypto, @kchoudhu, @adamkovac, @thechosenberg, @brianroemmele, @ryxcommar, @colin_fraser, @chrispavlovski, @jack_raines, @ryanbarwick, @tracybeanz, @joshtpm, @michaelmiraflor, @joshtpm, @bobbyallyn, @kristyt, @gergelyorosz, @harrymccracken, @chrispavlovski, @kyliebytes, @somewheresy, @billackman, @allahliker, @oalexanderdk, @fmanjoo, @silvermanjacob, @binarybits, @snazzylabs, and @pt. LinkedIn: Greg Glenday
Forums: Hacker News, r/economy, r/law, r/inthenews, r/facepalm, r/LeopardsAteMyFace, r/business, r/neoliberal, and r/law
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google unveils the $100 Google TV Streamer, with better performance than Chromecast with Google TV, Thread and Matter support, and more, shipping September 24 — Google isn't waiting for its upcoming hardware event to announce the Chromecast's successor. Alongside the new, sleeker Nest Thermostat …
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X: @tomwarren, @jordannovet, @mishaalrahman, @tomgara, and @killedbygoogle
LinkedIn: Ethan Henry and Ryan Geraghty
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/AndroidTV, r/google, and r/ShieldAndroidTV
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Google unveils Gemini-based features for Google Home, coming later in 2024: descriptive captions for Nest camera videos, a smarter Assistant for Nest, and more — Amazon has already announced its plans for a smarter Alexa to power your home. Now, it's Google's turn to promise that it can produce a better …
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Threads: @0xjessel. LinkedIn: Taylor Callahan, Pratik Gadamasetti, Adina R., Jingbin Wang, and Sung Bai
Forums: r/Nest, r/Android, and r/googlehome
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
| The Verge: |
US v. Google: Eddy Cue said there's no price Microsoft could offer to make Bing Safari's default search engine, stating “they offered to give us Bing for free” — Finally, a legal ruling on whether TikTok is a real search engine. (It's not.)
More: Reuters, Mashable, The Information, and The Verge
Threads: @alexheath. Mastodon: @raineer@frontrange.co. X: @carnage4life. Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters
| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
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X: @adamkovac, @florian4gamers, and @stevelohr
Forums: r/marketing, r/LibertarianUncensored, and r/politics
| Jessica Lyons / The Register: |
CrowdStrike shares a root cause analysis of the July 19 outage, and says it's working with two third-party software security vendors to conduct further review — And reveals the small mistake that bricked 8.5M Windows boxes — CrowdStrike has hired two outside security firms to review …
More: CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike, The Cyber Express, Runtime, SecurityWeek, and CRN
X: @erratarob, @arekfurt, @royvanrijn, @arekfurt, @zoidctf, @arekfurt, @crowdstrike, and @tianyin_xu. LinkedIn: Jon Robertson. Forums: Lobsters
| Michelle Pokrass / OpenAI: |
OpenAI unveils Structure Outputs in the API, a feature to ensure model-generated outputs match JSON Schemas, and lower pricing for a new version of GPT-4o — We are introducing Structured Outputs in the API—model outputs now reliably adhere to developer-supplied JSON Schemas.
More: Neowin, SiliconANGLE, Simon Willison's Weblog, VentureBeat, and Maginative
Threads: @ericflo. X: @deedydas, @romainhuet, @altryne, @openaidevs, @simonw, @michpokrass, @emollick, @swyx, @tobi, @simonw, @simonw, @jxnlco, @simonw, and @sama
LinkedIn: David Zhang, Shyamal Hitesh Anadkat, Adam Goldberg, Romain Huet, Jordan Bentley, and Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and r/LocalLLaMA
| CNBC: |
Microsoft says Delta, which said it had to manually reset ~40K PC servers because of CrowdStrike, had “not modernized its IT infrastructure” and refused “help” — Microsoft fired back at Delta Air Lines on Tuesday after the carrier said it would seek damages …
More: The Verge, Associated Press, Business Today, South China Morning Post, The Register, Benzinga, Cyber Daily, CIO Dive, Axios, NBC News, Mashable, Windows Central, Neowin, Reuters, DatacenterDynamics, and Newser
Forums: r/technology and r/delta
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit Q2: revenue rose 54% YoY to $281.2M, vs. $254M est., Daily Active Uniques increased 51% YoY to 91.2M, and net loss dropped from $41.1M to $10.1M YoY — Reddit reported second-quarter results on Tuesday that topped analysts' estimates. — Here are the key numbers:
More: Reddit Upvoted, Social Media Today, Reuters, The Information, Bloomberg, and Investor's Business Daily
Threads: @jonathan_vanian_1. X: @tidefallcapital, @glenngabe, and @tidefallcapital. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Brian Chesky says Airbnb plans to expand into new products and services, including co-hosting this fall, guest services, and a relaunch of experiences next year — Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky suggested on Tuesday's Q2 earnings call with investors that the company will soon expand into new products and services … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
More: Airbnb, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, The Information, Yahoo Finance, Proactive, Investor's Business Daily, CNBC, PhocusWire, Financial Times, and Skift
X: @garyblack00 and @thetranscript_
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Supermicro shares drop 13% after hours after the company reported Q4 earnings missing analyst expectations, and announces a 10-for-1 stock split — Shares of server company Super Micro Computer plunged 13% on Tuesday after the company announced fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations.| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Behind the YouTube influencers, WhatsApp and Telegram groups, and services like FewFeed fueling Facebook's problem of creators profiting from viral “AI slop” — Gyan Abhishek is standing in front of a giant touch screen, like Jim Cramer on Mad Money or an ESPN talking head analyzing a football play.
More: Pivot to AI. Threads: @jasonkoebler, @karissabe, and @jenvalentino_nyt
Mastodon: @tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org and @jtlg@mastodon.lawprofs.org
X: @jason_koebler, @jason_kint, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, and @jason_koebler. LinkedIn: Jason Koebler
| Forbes: |
How Les Wexner, Victoria's Secret billionaire owner, made early investments in Atlantic Crypto, which then turned into CoreWeave, netting him a $720M stake — A lawsuit reveals that an early bet on the company that would later become $19 billion startup Coreweave has made Les Wexner …
LinkedIn: Iain Martin
| Fei-Fei Li / Fortune: |
California's AI safety bill will harm developers, open-source development, the public sector, and academia, while failing to address the potential harms of AI — Fei-Fei Li, PhD, is a computer scientist who is widely credited with being the ‘Godmother of AI’. … Today, AI is more advanced than ever.| Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Division in Hollywood's approach to AI is growing, as some studios want to use AI tools more often in production, while unions aim to establish guardrails — While unions aim to establish guardrails and artists are going to court, studios are looking to use AI tools more often in production.| Bloomberg: |
Global crypto hubs like Hong Kong and Dubai face a challenging outlook, as the brightening US political backdrop for crypto attracts companies and investors — - US political backdrop is becoming more favorable for crypto — Some in the industry expect capital and staff to move there| Financial Times: |
A profile of Kakao founder Kim Beom-su, who was arrested in July on stock manipulation charges relating to Kakao's takeover of K-pop agency SM Entertainment — Case of Kakao founder Kim Beom-su shines light on dysfunctional relationship between business, politics and law enforcement| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $10.7B, Gross Bookings up 19% to $40B, vs. $39.7B est., and Mobility Gross Bookings up 23% to $20.6B; UBER closes up 10.9% — - Results driven by better-than-expected growth in ridehailing — Autonomous rides grew six-fold from year ago through partnersSponsor Posts
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